Series
Eon
Greg Bear · 3 novels · 1985–1995
Greg Bear's Eon opens when a 290-kilometer hollow asteroid appears in Earth orbit carrying evidence of a future human civilization and a mysterious corridor called the Way that opens onto other times and universes. The story continues in Eternity and closes out the original trilogy in Legacy, following characters who navigate the Way's branching realities and a hidden alien threat called the Jart. The series mixes Cold War-era political thriller with large-scale cosmological science fiction.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Eon at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
Shape
3 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionspace explorationspacefar futurechallengingadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.